linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] cpufreq: AMD "frequency sensitivity feedback" powersave bias for ondemand governor

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Message-ID: <20130403173028.GB4716@pd.tnic>
Date:	Wed, 3 Apr 2013 19:30:28 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
Cc:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] cpufreq: AMD "frequency sensitivity feedback"
 powersave bias for ondemand governor

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 12:17:38PM -0500, Jacob Shin wrote:
> Writing 0 to powersave_bias or unloading the AMD driver could do that.
>
> When the AMD driver loads, it will give a sane default value to
> powersave_bias to enable it, when it unloads, it will put it back to
> 0.

... and on systems without hw feedback, it will keep powersave_bias to 0
by default, retaining the old behavior.

Yeah, sounds like a plan.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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